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Started a trip to Rome New twitter: Right, outta here. Laptopless in rome for a week. See y'all Saturday. New twitter: Watching the gps track along the train line with me is vaguely creepy. Pantheon, outside Pantheon, inside Pantheon, inside Spanish Steps Via de Condotti Us, on the Spanish Steps Trevi Fountain A large Q. Vittoria Large Cricket Wicket The Human Race Colosseum An arch Colosseum colosseum Screens Crash in event of fire Statues in the stairwell Forum Another arch. Inside colosseum Me. In colosseum. Colosseum floor Peace Museum of Modern Art New twitter: Paying absurd roaming rates to check the state of the world. Byline, I love you. Hi, y'all! Also, the mute switch on new iPhone.. doesn't. Rocío with a Pizza. Smug. And full. Finished a trip to Rome

Rome 2008

created 06 September 2008 in sets tagged 10k, arch, backstage, colosseum, concrete, cricket, fire, forum, fountain, gnome, italy, modernart, museum, pantheon, pizza, race, rocío, rome, screen, statue, tominsam and trevi.

We went to Rome.

Photos from this flickr set.

 

 

Started a trip to Rome

Started a trip to Rome

created 30 August 2008 in stream tagged dopplr, italy and rome and is geotagged

Started a trip to Rome

http://www.dopplr.com/trip/jerakeen/252727

Twitter

New twitter: Right, outta here. Laptopless in rome for a week. See y'all Saturday.

created 30 August 2008 in stream.

New twitter: Right, outta here. Laptopless in rome for a week. See y'all Saturday.

http://twitter.com/jerakeen/statuses/903903703

Twitter

New twitter: Watching the gps track along the train line with me is vaguely creepy.

created 30 August 2008 in stream tagged gps track and train line.

New twitter: Watching the gps track along the train line with me is vaguely creepy.

http://twitter.com/jerakeen/statuses/903988486

Pantheon, outside

Pantheon, outside

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy, pantheon and rome and is geotagged

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838762785

Pantheon, inside

Pantheon, inside

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged concrete, italy, pantheon and rome and is geotagged

The roof looks disconcertingly new. And like a single piece of poured concrete. Turns out, it is a single piece of poured concrete. The Romans invented concrete in (from memory) 21 BC. The roof here (built in 125 AD) was the largest concrete construction in the world until the 20th century, and is still the largest unsupported concrete dome in the world. Romans scare me.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839595514

Pantheon, inside

Pantheon, inside

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy, pantheon and rome and is geotagged

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838763607

Spanish Steps

Spanish Steps

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy and rome and is geotagged

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839596450

Via de Condotti

Via de Condotti

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy and rome and is geotagged

At the time, a straight street that you could see more than 10 meters down was somewhat of a novelty in Rome.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838764543

Us, on the Spanish Steps

Us, on the Spanish Steps

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy, rocío, rome and tominsam and is geotagged

what was odd was the number of people who kept accosting us and wanting to swap ‘take a photo of us’ events. Also, much more digital-savvy now - people would squint at tiny photos, request do-overs, etc.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838764937

Trevi Fountain

Trevi Fountain

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged fountain, italy, rome and trevi and is geotagged

It’s famous. There’s some famous film (that I haven’t seen, as it features neither robots, space, or explosions) that has a scene in it.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839597804

A large Q.

A large Q.

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy and rome and is geotagged

I didn’t bother even making the joke.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839598244

Vittoria

Vittoria

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy and rome and is geotagged

This building was impressive, in that it was (a) Large, and (b) Still there (there are lots of truly massive and no-longer-there buildings in Rome). But there was also very little shade around it. And it was Hot. So we spent most of the time leaping ninja-like from shadow to shadow.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839598638

Large Cricket Wicket

Large Cricket Wicket

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged cricket, italy and rome and is geotagged

Or possibly not. But it was weird how many of these ‘three pillars and something on top’ groupings had survived, and not, say, groups of 4 or 2.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838766661

The Human Race

The Human Race

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged 10k, italy, race and rome and is geotagged

Happened on the day after we arrived. 10k, in 31˚c heat? fortunately, it happened at something like 9pm, by which time it was almost bearable out. But then, I’d come from London, where it had rained all August.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839599406

Colosseum

Colosseum

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged colosseum, italy and rome.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838767447

An arch

An arch

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged arch, italy and rome and is geotagged

There were lots of arches. This was.. one of them.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839600408

Colosseum

Colosseum

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged colosseum, italy and rome and is geotagged

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839600902

colosseum

colosseum

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged colosseum, italy and rome and is geotagged

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839601386

Screens

Screens

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged gnome, italy, rome and screen and is geotagged

My ‘nerd’ moment. I wandered past this, and my immediate thought was ‘they’re still using Gnome 1.2?’. Sigh.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838769327

Crash in event of fire

Crash in event of fire

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged fire, italy and rome and is geotagged

I love english translations

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839602192

Statues in the stairwell

Statues in the stairwell

created 31 August 2008 in photos tagged italy, rome and statue and is geotagged

This was in the hotel. Slightly overdone, but on the other hand there was no lift and we were on the 4th (european numbering) floor. So it was nice to have something to look at when you had to stop and wheeze for a bit on the way up.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839602484

Forum

Forum

created 01 September 2008 in photos tagged forum, italy and rome and is geotagged

Apparently, until recently (‘recently’), this site, the Roman Forum, was buried 10 meters deep in.. uh.. ‘stuff’. Silt. Bird crap. Etc. Uncannily accurately named, really.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838770337

Another arch.

Another arch.

created 01 September 2008 in photos tagged arch, italy and rome and is geotagged

There were lots of arches. This one might be Titus’s?

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839603146

Inside colosseum

Inside colosseum

created 02 September 2008 in photos tagged colosseum, italy, rocío and rome and is geotagged

It’s big in there.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839603704

Me. In colosseum.

Me. In colosseum.

created 02 September 2008 in photos tagged colosseum, italy, rome and tominsam and is geotagged

It’s me, with my man-bag.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838771633

Colosseum floor

Colosseum floor

created 02 September 2008 in photos tagged backstage, colosseum, italy and rome and is geotagged

Used to be covered up. As usual with back stage stuff, it’s a mess in there.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839604500

Peace

Peace

created 02 September 2008 in photos tagged italy and rome and is geotagged

Rocío had something clever to say about this, so I took a photo. And when I remember what it was, I’ll tell you.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838772439

Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

created 02 September 2008 in photos tagged italy, modernart, museum and rome and is geotagged

..which was closed. But we were desperate to see something less than 2000 years old at this point.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839605438

Twitter

New twitter: Paying absurd roaming rates to check the state of the world. Byline, I love you. Hi, y'all! Also, the mute switch on new iPhone.. doesn't.

created 03 September 2008 in stream tagged byline, iphone and mute switch.

New twitter: Paying absurd roaming rates to check the state of the world. Byline, I love you. Hi, y'all! Also, the mute switch on new iPhone.. doesn't.

http://twitter.com/jerakeen/statuses/908051391

Rocío with a Pizza.

Rocío with a Pizza.

created 03 September 2008 in photos tagged italy, pizza, rocío and rome and is geotagged

A pizza BIGGER THAN MY ENTIRE TORSO. What can I say?

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2839605822

Smug. And full.

Smug. And full.

created 03 September 2008 in photos tagged italy, pizza, rocío and rome and is geotagged

She ate the entire pizza.

http://flickr.com/photos/jerakeen/2838773869

Finished a trip to Rome

Finished a trip to Rome

created 06 September 2008 in stream tagged dopplr, italy and rome and is geotagged

Finished a trip to Rome

http://www.dopplr.com/trip/jerakeen/252727